As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. B. No. 154

Senator Patton 

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A BILL

To enact section 3959.20 of the Revised Code to

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prohibit pharmacy benefit managers that have a

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relationship with a retail pharmacy from using

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that relationship to the competitive disadvantage

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of other retail pharmacies.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 3959.20 of the Revised Code be	6
enacted to read as follows:	7

Sec. 3959.20.  No pharmacy benefit manager that directly or	8
indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is	9
under common ownership or control with, a retail pharmacy shall	10
use that relationship to the competitive disadvantage of other	11
retail pharmacies including allowing coverage of covered drugs	12
dispensed by that retail pharmacy but not by other retail	13
pharmacies.	14

For purposes of this section, "pharmacy benefit manager"	15
means a third party administrator of a prescription drug program.	16